Both Asian and African elephant species are either endangered or critically endangered, with fewer than half a million of them left in the wild — a staggering and sobering statistic. Thankfully, a ...

A traveling circus set to perform in Astoria this week is drawing protests from animal rights activists, who plan to gather ...

OAKLAND (BCN)—Two days before the Ringling Brothers Circus begins a series of shows in Oakland, two City Council members and animal rights activists said today that they’re glad the circus has decided ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This show is not your average stage musical, as it incorporates breathtaking acrobatic stunts that one would see in "Cirque Du ...

Elephants will perform at the Alliant Energy Center for the final time this weekend as a contract between the venue and the Zor Shrine Circus expires. A new contract is in place to bring the circus ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The movement for the Broadway musical “Water for Elephants” needed more than a choreographer. It needed a circus. That’s why the ...

THE FOLLOWING IS FROM A NEWS RELEASE POSTED BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IN FEBRUARY. THE COLE BROS. CIRCUS PERFORMED IN WILMINGTON LAST WEEKEND DURING THE AZALEA FESTIVAL. WASHINGTON, DC (NEWS RELEASE) ...

"Water for Elephants" musical tells story of traveling Depression-era circus, which includes Walter the clown.

ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- Authorities say three elephants escaped from their handlers at a circus Saturday near St. Louis and damaged several vehicles in the parking lot before they were recaptured.

BERLIN (AP) — A German man taking his regular morning stroll was killed by an elephant who had escaped from a nearby circus, police said Saturday. The 65-year-old man was walking in the woods near ...

Russia is said to be the place where bears roam the streets — but for a short while it was a free-for-all for elephants. Residents of Yekaterinburg were flabbergasted to see a couple of elephants ...

Scrape away the circus elements of the stage musical “Water for Elephants” — an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Sara Gruen — and you’re left with a pretty ordinary show. Running through ...